§ Mr. Conlanasked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the length in kilometres as at April 1980 for each English region for the following categories of roads (a) trunk motorways, (b) trunk roads other than motorways and (c) all other roads.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information is as follows:
Road lengths at April 1980 (Kilometres) Region Trunk motorway All purposes trunk roads Non-trunk roads* Northern 146 768 20,991 North Western 415 495 23,281 Yorkshire and Humberside 287 824 26,320 East Midland 172 1,244 25,356 West Midland 255 1,041 27,155 Eastern 243 1,443 38,441 Greater London 33 208 12,610 South Eastern 323 743 30,587 South Western 274 1,081 43,959 * including principal road motorways.